a LOT of people 60 and older are starting to pay attention. Those are the people that would overwhelm the system. **
It’s the 50-60yo’s that are the majority of business owners. Most of them can’t ‘work from home’. Take them out, handcuff their ability to produce, and it won’t matter if the medical system is taken down or not. Instead of looking at seniors as ‘people that would overwhelm the system,” perhaps seniors should be looked at as ‘people who hold up the system’, to be protected at all costs - same as first responders. Seniors are first responders to commerce.
You are reading something into my post that isn’t there. I’m not characterizing any group as some kind of burden. But they most certainly are the most susceptible to COVID-19. It doesn’t matter how you “look at it”, they are the most likely to end up in ICU should they not take precautions to avoid it. And who said “handcuff” them? I’m saying older folks are smart enough that they will take these precautions upon themselves. They/we obviously have the most to lose. It goes without saying you can’t run your business if you’re on a respirator in ICU, or worse...
“ It’s the 50-60yo’s that are the majority of business owners.“
Conscript the 20 somethings to mop and clean toilets in the hospitals and quarantine centers. Most of them just have retail and table waiting jobs, and we are buying everything online and not going out to eat anyway.